Coronavirus Florida: What you need to celebrate Easter from home

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Holidays are canceled, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy Easter from home. From dressing up to hosting an Instagram-worthy meal with the family, here’s what local stores have to offer.

As people self isolate, the island’s iconic egg hunts are canceled and religious services go virtual, celebrating Easter may need a dose of creativity. So even if the family is stuck at home, there’s no reason to not dress up and host an Instagram-worthy meal with the family. Here’s a round-up of what local stores offer for an at-home Easter.

What to Wear

It’s time to swap out the loungewear for Sunday’s best, and Palm Beach stores have just the thing. Local designer Michelle Farmer has the perfect Easter pieces this year, one of her top picks is the Amara II dress: a button-up, mid-length dress in the brand’s custom fil coupé fabric for $850.

“Our customers are asking for light-weight, easy, cotton embroidered dresses with pops of floral, stripes and sunny uplifting colors to wear for Easter,” she said.

Also worth highlighting is Lili Bermuda’s Easter Lily’s fragrance. The perfumery’s first fragrance, created in 1928, is a personal homage to the white flower serving as an emblem to Bermuda. The eau du parfum retails for $130 and is a classic white floral fragrance, with timeless nuances of vanilla and rich white musks.

Vintage prints are not revolutionary, but there’s a reason they remain fashionable through the decades. La Double J knows this best. Its Bellini Mini is the perfect dress to wear while barefoot in the backyard or with flats. It has an abstract floral motif designed in the late 1950s by Paris-based fabric designer Suzanne Kientz, and is sold at Kirna Zabete for $715. (Bonus tip: La Double J offers this print in five other styles including maxi dresses and pantsuits)

Another brand known for its love of vintage and color is LoveShackFancy. If there’s any brand’s clothing (and tableware) that’s ideal for Easter, it would be LSF. You can’t go wrong with the hand-dyed silk dresses and romantic slips, but this week’s highlight is their second sneaker collaboration with Superga. The first collection was nearly sold-out in 24 hours, and on March 13, they released a second featuring a new woven platform style, espadrilles, floral prints and beaded laces. The sneakers are available in children and adult sizes, and ranges from $65 to $139.

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Sunday morning makeup lessons in the garden

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Stubbs & Wootton also has shoes for kids and adults. The iconic slipper brand has a couple of Easter designs including a teal pair with a large gold Faberge Egg embroidery and a rosefinch slipper with tiny Faberge Eggs everywhere. But the most fun begins after Sunday.

For 27 years, Stubbs & Wootton has been the shop to visit after Easter. It’s the brand’s only sale featuring some of its iconic slippers at half the retail price. Even before social distancing, lines formed outside the Worth Avenue store with dozens of customers waiting to enter. But the coronavirus forced the company to take its annual Easter Sale online for the first time. The sale begins at 9 a.m. Monday.

Home

Why not dust off the China and cooking books this Sunday? To try something new, check out Assouline’s cook books including “Dinner with Jackson Pollock: Recipes, Art & Nature” and “The Missoni Family Cookbook.”

Apart from table settings and centerpieces, Mary Mahoney’s hot item this week has been the $1,775 charming Herend bunny figurines with hints of gold. Lori Jayne Palm Beach also has products for all table setting needs including $45 placemats, monogrammed napkins starting at $40, $37 napkin rings and a five-piece Aladdin flatware setting for $80.

For those who are not in the mood to cook, take-out options are plentiful on the island.send a dessert or light bites to a friend through Neiman Marcus, which ships within two to three days,

The Kids

Make up for canceled Easter events with an egg hunt at home. Meri Meri has the most whimsical party supplies and egg hunt accessories for kids. Their blog and Instagram is filled with Easter ideas, coloring pages and DIYs. Find everything from complete bunny tableware to party favors, a bunny piñata, egg bowling and bunny dress-up accessories. The website also has free printable activities like bunny bingo and make-your-own bunny mask.

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Easter is fun inside or out. Dip our first three fingers in flour to make little bunny paw prints around the house. Bunnies can jump.

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Peterbrooke Palm Beach is delivering baskets with sweets and chocolate bunnies. The Grand Tour is offering custom Easter baskets for boys, girls and adults starting at $150. The baskets can be filled with a jewelry kit, books, stuffed animals, cocktails shakers and candles. A portion of the proceeds go to a COVID-19 Response Fund at The Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties.

Raptis Rare Books has gifts that will be remembered for years to come. Its $175 copy of “A Tale For Easter” is signed by author Tasha Tudor. It’s also the first edition and third printing of this holiday classic. For the wee royals, the bookstore has an Easter greeting card signed by Princess Diana. The princess wishes her friends a Happy Easter in the greeting card (sold for $1,750).

For some day fun, Mildred Hoit has an inflatable tic-tac-toe game for the pool. The $25 oversized game can also be used on the lawn or beach. Then hit the Lake Trail with a bike or Cynthia Rowley’s Impala roller skates, a $120 limited edition design in a colofurl floral print.